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Brooklyn Traffic Court ยท 1005 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn Traffic Court

Orphans of the storm

Overhead view of long line of pedestrians waiting outside of large, Romanesque traffic court at 1005 Bedford Avenue (apparently closed in 1962 and then demolished); policeman overseeing crowd from top step of entrance arch; subway entrance on street corner in right foreground; police car and taxi cab on slushy road before traffic court; snow piled on sidewalks. Caption: "Orphans of the Storm: These are some of the thousands of [illegible] their cars were tagged during the big snow. [Illegible] motorists who had to appear at Brooklyn Traffic court today . . . ".

IMAGE DATE1948
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